Waylon- To have the largest buyer pool, my opinion is to price and market the home as furnishings or turnkey options are negotiable.Since this home is flexible in its use - let the market participants decide which option works best rather than defining it for them. 

You are smart to pump the brakes on scaling, but keep at the learning aspect as you guys figure out what the next step is.

Example: I define what zip codes (or neighborhoods) that I buy in.

I’m looking for advice on the legal aspects I should consider to protect myself as a landlord.

People deserve love happiness kindness no matter what they have done I look at it in the aspect of of yes he did that even if he didn't do it installed his record he needs a second chance you can't just put him down for the rest of his days.awesome people should look at it as someone needs to give these people an opportunity so they can make something of ourselves and actually prove to people that they will be rehabilitated and do better.

Every aspect of real estate is syndicated from ATM machines, farms, to multifamily to debt funds. 

I like the new construction aspect of this investment strategy, but I agree that it's risky.

Energy cost affects every aspect of our daily lives.  

“Free Lunch” Aspect: Essentially, REPS does provide a “free lunch” in the sense that you can use real estate losses to offset active income now and still have future gains taxed at favorable passive rates.

Ask them to explain how you're supposed to have a warranty w/o them giving you the receipt.3) Labor Charges: should be defined in your PM contract OR they should present a bid for your approval with labor & materials.Now a couple of thoughts in the PMC's defense:1) If you didn't get a receipt, how did you match the exact same model at Lowe's, so the price of $530 is apples-to-apples?